16.297 new on WWW: museums meeting report & paper; digital preservation report

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                   Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 297.
           Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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       [1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (50)
             Subject: NINCH Museums Meeting Report and S.N. Katz Paper
                     Available

       [2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (59)
             Subject: "XML & Digital Preservation" - one of several new
                     reports from Netherlands' Digital Preservation Testbed

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             Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:47:34 +0100
             From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
             Subject: NINCH Museums Meeting Report and S.N. Katz Paper Available

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
    News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
    from across the Community
    October 18, 2002

                     NINCH & Museums: Better Serving the Community
                                   Report Available With
                          MCN Keynote Address by Stanley N. Katz:
                          "What Do We Want from the Cybermuseum?"
                          http://www.ninch.org/forum/museums.html

    As part of a review of the role it plays within its different
    constituencies, NINCH is organizing a series of small "think-tank" meetings
    within these sectors. The first, designed for museums, was hosted by the
    Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, on July 23.

    In his keynote address to this year's Museum Computer Network (MCN)
    conference (Toronto, September 5), "What Do We Want from the Cybermuseum?"
    NINCH past-president, Stanley Katz, frequently referred to the rich
    conversation recorded in the report of the NINCH meeting as a key
    articulation of current concerns in museums on the development of digital
    technology. Because the paper generated broader interest in the meeting
    report than we had anticipated, we have decided to make it more widely
    available. All participants have agreed to its release on the understanding
    that they speak only for themselves and not for their employers.

    Some of the key themes of the conversation (and of Stan's paper) included
    rethinking institutional infrastructure, especially for coordinating and
    integrating digital production; new staffing models; the potential of
    broadband for furthering museum education and outreach; the role of
    technology in connecting museums with the communities of the future; the
    relationship between digital presence and the number of visitors to the
    physical museum; as well as the developing role of NINCH vis-a-vis its
    museum members.

    The report and paper are available online at the above url and as pdf
    documents.

    DISCUSSION LIST
    Should there be interest in furthering the discussion represented in the
    report and paper, we are setting up a discussion list. Contact David Green
    <mailto:david@ninch.org> to be added to the list.

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    --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:51:52 +0100 From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: "XML & Digital Preservation" - one of several new reports from Netherlands' Digital Preservation Testbed

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community October 24, 2002

    "XML & Digital Preservation" New Publications & Demonstrator from the Netherlands' Digital Preservation Testbed <<http://www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl>http://www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl>

    >>Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:46:52 +0200 >From: "Maureen Potter" <Maureen.Potter@ictu.nl> >To: <DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, <padiforum-l@nla.gov.au>, > <ERECS-L@LISTSERV.ALBANY.EDU>, <ICA-L@MAJORDOMO.SRV.UALBERTA.CA>

    New Publications and a Demonstrator on Digital Preservation The Digital Preservation Testbed has recently posted a number of new publications about digital preservation on its website.

    The first publication is a White Paper entitled XML and Digital Preservation. This White Paper reports on the current status and recent preservation work being carried out with XML. XML stands for Extensible Mark-Up Language and is a world-wide format and language with great potential for the successful preservation of digital information.

    The Testbed has further developed a demonstrator that shows how email can be saved and stored in a well-ordered and preservation-friendly manner. By making a number of adjustments to MS Outlook, every email User can have the basic set of tools to create and store durable and authentic emails. This is described in a new report, Email - XML Demonstrator: A Technical Description on our website.

    XML Implementation Options for Emails is the title of a paper given by Maureen Potter, one of the Testbed team, to a recent Erpanet workshop. This workshop was held in Urbino, Italy, where an international audience of archivists and preservation professionals met to discuss the current status and potential of XML for digital preservation. You can find all of the aforementioned publications in the Knowledge Bank and Publications section of the Testbed website: see <<http://www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl>http://www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl>.

    Kind regards, Maureen Potter and Carolien Nout

    ********************************************************************** Maureen Potter Experiment Operator Testbed Digitale Bewaring. 24 - 26 Nieuwe Duinweg 2508 AA, Den Haag Netherlands. Tel: 00 31 70 8887764 URL: <http://www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl>www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl

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